Water-fetching machine



(No Model.) Y l C. G. MATTSON.

WATER PETGHNG MACHINE.

No". 388,894. Patented Juny 5, 1888.

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llNrrnD STATES CHARLES GUSTAF MATTS'ON, OF LINDSTROM, MINNESOTA.

WATER-FETCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.383,894, dated J une5,1888.

Application filed April I4, 1887. Serial No. 234,978. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, Cuantas G. MAfrTsoN, a citizen ofthe United States,and a residentof Lindstrom, Chisago county, Minnesota, have invented acertain new and useful Tater- Fetching Machine, of which the followingis a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention consists in the construction hereinafter fully describedand particularly claimed.

In the drawing like letters refer to like parts.

The figure is a side elevation of my device in position for work, a partof the lake and bank being represented in vertical section.

A is a lake or stream of water.

B is an adjacent bank of the same.

C is an inverted box having an open bottom or perforated sides. This boxis sunk in the lake far enough-to bring its bottom below the level ofthe ice-line, and is there secured by fastening it to piles D, or in anyother suitable way, as by weighting it with stones or otherwise. Thisbox C is composed of the vertical sides c, the inclined top c', theshort vertical end c, the longer vertical end piece, 0",and the hingedor pivot-ed section or door E. These parts when put together constitutea box having an open bottom andan inclined top. The box is made ofsuflicient size so that it may be immersed in the lake far enough tobring the lower edges of the sides and ends below the ice-line and allowthe longer vertical end piece c to protrude out of the lake above thehighwater level. The top c is attached to the top of the vertical endpiece c and the vertical sides c. The-upper ends of the vertical sidesare inclined, as shown at F, and are thus supported in an inclinedposition with one end immersed in the lake and the other out of it. Thedoor E is pivotally attached at its lower edge to the upper end of thevertical end piece c, and when closed its upper edge is flush againstthe under surface of the top c.

To the inner surface of the end piece c" is attached an eyebolt orstaple, G. In the adjacent bank is ixed a post, H, extending to a heightof six or seven feet, provided with a vertical slot or hole in its upperextremity. In the rear of the post H is fixed an anchoringriage, M,resting on and moving over said cable by anti-friction rollers. To theforward or upper end of the carriage is attached a wire or rope, N,which extends to and wraps around the windlass K. To the under side ofthe trolley M is pivotally secured by its bail the water-bucket P. Astop, R, is fastened to the under side of the trolley-frame directlyover the lower edge of the bucket to prevent its tilting except in onedirection, or the bail may be so proportioned and attached to the bucketand trolley as to accomplish the same result.

To the top piece, c', or some other suitable part of the box, islattached the frame T, and to some convenient part ofthe same, as to thelongitudinal central girder, t, is fulcrumed a lever, T. To the upperend of the top piece,c, is attached a small sheave, q. From the lowerextremity of the lever T', over the sheave q to an eyebolt or staple,g', attached to the upper outer end of the door E, extends a wire orrope, T". From thc upper extremity of the lever T a wire or rope, T,extends to the post H, and is secured to the same at some pointconvenient to the windlass.

The operation of my device is as follows: Slacking the wire T, the doorE falls by gravity, affording an opening to the interior of the box C.Unlocking the windlass, the trolley' and its attached water-bucket willrun down the inclined cable, by gravity, into the interior of the box.As it comes to the water, the lower edge of the bucket will strike firstand be thrown backward, tilting the upper part of the bucket forward andcausing it to dip and till with water. It will then assume the verticalposition and will be prevented from 95 tilting in the opposite directionbeyond the vertical line by the stop R on the trolley-frame. By turningthe windlass the rope or wire is wound around the drum and the trolleyand This bucket of water are drawn to the shore.

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operation is continued until the requisite quantity of water has beenobtained. lIhen the door E is closed by drawing in the rope or wire T',l and so remains until it is again necessary to have water. I have hadthis construction in continuous use during the whole of the past winter,which was an unusually severe one, in a lake located in Minnesota andthe part of the lake inclosed within the box never froze over, thoughthe adjacent ice reached a depth of several feet. I was thereby able toobtain all the water I needed for my stock and other purposes withperfect facility7 even in the most severely cold weather.

What I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is as follows:

The waterelevator comprising waterbox C, as described, consisting of thevertical sides and ends c c c and inclined top o', said box beingfastened at a fixed depth in the lale,as by piling D, the door E,pivotcd to the top of end c", the eyebolt G,fastened to interior of c",the posts H and H on the adjacent shore, the cable L, extending frompost H to post H through the top of post H, the traveler M, movable oncable L, provided with the stop R, the pivoted dipping water-bucket l?,the drum or windlass K, journaled on post H and provided with the crankK, the wire or rope N, attached to said drum and to said traveler, theframe or lever support T,- the lever T', fulcrumed on said frame, thesheave q, the rope T, attached to the lower extremity of the lever T andto upper end of door E by eyebolt G, and the hand-wire T, attached tothe top of lever T', and extending to a point within reach of theoperator, al'l substantially as and for the purpose set forth. l

CHARLES GUSIAF MATTSON. Viitnesses:

JOHN SHALEEN, D. D. STEWART.

